Send them to Walmart and buy something to replace it. There just isn't much else to do on a Sunday when the company is closed.
Gibson Prichard Nashville, TN [email protected] On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 2:21 AM, Paul Boniol <[email protected]> wrote: > Not Linux specific, but I've never seen anything quite like this. > > Parents wifi router was provided by NCTC cable TV. Router is a Comtrend > AR=5381u. (This is actually an ADSL router but they plugged the Ethernet > cable into port 4. So appears to just be used just for a wifi router.) > > The installer had customized it before they fully moved in a couple of > years ago, so it had always been SSID of "Boniol Wifi" since they got there. > > They were having internet problems, so my sister tried pressing the reset > button on the router... > > It reset to have an SSID of NCTCWIFIxxxx. There is no sticker on the > router saying what the password is. So I figured okay, connect via wired > connection and go through the browser setup. Nope. It is set for > pass-through, not doing DHCP. Router doesn't appear to have an IP. (So it > appears to have some sort of customized firmware.) > > Later found out NCTC service is down in the area, so internet wouldn't > work even if the wifi were configured as before. > > I can't find any setup program for the router. I found a manual for an > old version, which used to have a USB-B connection for configuration via > computer-USB, BUT this is a more modern version that doesn't have that port. > > NCTC won't be open until Monday. Even then I'm not sure what they could > do remotely if anything since there isn't a password sticker. > > Any ideas on getting in to configure the router again? Or figuring out > the password? > > Thanks! > Paul Boniol > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
